Category Archives: Adelaide – South Australia-2011

I do miss Glenelg. The walk along the promenade everyday was just so therapeutic, here in the centre of town it’s difficult to get going as traffic lights constantly seem to be on red. I do like the ease and … Continue reading →

Since leaving Adelaide our travels seem to have gone around in a full circle. I remember eating pizza in a shack-like restaurant in Kings Cross in Sydney almost 3 weeks ago; trying not to look shocked at the girls wearing … Continue reading →

How wonderful to be back in the land of natural light, and see the sea and the vast blue sky. I drank my coffee under a palm tree with the pigeons nestled in the fronds. It was all so unusual. … Continue reading →

No pictures…am in the Royal Adelaide Hospital…came in after having chest pains at Yoga on Friday. Failed the stress test (ecg ) and now tomorrow have to have dye injected and my heart speeded up, and I am so stressed … Continue reading →

My head is spinning from our whirl wind tour. It was quite a week. Melbourne was beautiful, and we walked along the Yarro River, and around the precision of the gridded streets, avoiding celebrating football fans, and taking trips on … Continue reading →

Today the farmers will be dancing in their fields, for at last there has been some significant rain. The beach is empty as a consequence, and yesterday’s revelries are but a memory. I walked past a volley ball game where … Continue reading →

Well I have been in ‘the wars’ and only now do I feel as though my face is back to normal… though will it ever be again? For two weeks I had a black scab and two black whiskery stitches … Continue reading →

Well I think I’m going to hang up my needle. After visiting the Adelaide Show at the weekend and seeing all the quilts and embroidery on display I was overwhelmed. Then to cap it all we saw a catwalk display … Continue reading →

Just been watching morning TV and scribbling notes for the recipe for Mango Mania…sounds and looks delicious, made with crab meat and lime juice. I have post-it notes with recipes from TV and magazines dotted all around the house, promising … Continue reading →

We had a fabulous trip south to the Fleurieu Peninsula, driving through the Australian spring with the yellow wattle trees in all their glory. The recent rain has turned the fields into an ‘Irish patchwork’ like the singer crooned about … Continue reading →